Donald C Loheide423 Highway 466 APT 6203, Lady Lake, FL 32159

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730702

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US

G06F 17/30

707758

A network fingerprint manager within an automatic content recognition (ACR) system may be operable to receive one or more versions of media content associated with a network. One or more proxy content may be generated by the network fingerprint manager for each version of the received media content. The network fingerprint manager may generate a set of fingerprints from a particular one of the generated one or more proxy content for each version of the received media content. The particular one being fingerprinted may comprise proxy content with highest quality among the generated proxy content. The set of fingerprints and corresponding content ID and media time for each version of the received media content may be stored. The network fingerprint manager may generate real-time fingerprints from content in a received network feed. The network fingerprint manager may compare the generated real-time fingerprints to the stored sets of fingerprints for matching.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730627

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US

G06F 3/0484

715719

A method and system for a universal remote control used with display devices that support automatic content recognition (ACR) are described. The remote control may be paired to the display device and may receive a trigger signal from the display device that corresponds to an interactive event overlay displayed on the display device as a result of the ACR operations. The pairing may occur through the use of near field communication (NFC) signals and/or WiFi signals. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be generated for display on a screen of the remote control device that corresponds to the interactive event overlay. The screen may be a touch-screen that enables the user to interact with the remote control through the GUI. The remote control may communicate one or more signals to the display device in response to user input received by the remote control device from information provided through the GUI.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730530

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US

H04N 21/442

725 14

An automatic content recognition (ACR)-enabled connected TV device may be operable to identify, utilizing ACR, viewer interaction and/or viewer information. The ACR-enabled connected TV device may present, utilizing the ACR, a variant of an advertisement in a next ad pod during presentation of content, based on the identified viewer interaction and/or the identified viewer information. The viewer information may comprise customized preferences profile, default preferences setting, viewing habits, time of day and/or location. The viewer information may also comprise objects and/or events captured by an associated camera. When an identified stored episode of a show is presented via DVR playback, the ACR-enabled connected TV device may present, in a next ad pod, a new version of an advertisement, where the new version of the advertisement may be associated with a new episode of the show and presentation of the new version may result in a C3 rating credit.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730579

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US

H04N 21/4784

725 14

An automatic content recognition (ACR)-enabled connected TV device coupled to an ACR system may be operable to detect, utilizing the ACR system, interaction with and/or watching of certain content by a viewer. A reward may be presented by the ACR-enabled connected TV device, utilizing the ACR system, based on the detected interaction and/or watching. The certain content may comprise a program, a commercial, a movie or a game associated with a network that is being presented. The reward may be redeemed to unlock additional features and/or content. The interaction may comprise sharing by the viewer, information on the certain content with one or more other viewers. The ACR-enabled connected TV device may then present the reward based on the sharing. The ACR-enabled connected TV device may be operable to present, utilizing the ACR system, information on alternative content with a higher reward value for the viewer to interact and/or watch.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730593

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US

H04N 21/442

725 14

An automatic content recognition (ACR) enabled (ACR-enabled) connected TV device may be operable to collect viewing data, utilizing ACR. The viewing data may comprise viewer interaction information and/or content presentation information associated with the ACR-enabled connected TV device and/or a paired device. The ACR-enabled connected TV device may store the collected viewing data in the ACR-enabled connected TV device. The stored viewing data may be communicated to one or more network providers, by the ACR-enabled connected TV device, for determining customized services for the ACR-enabled connected TV device. The viewing data may be used to determine how to manage advertisements associated with the ACR-enabled connected TV device and/or at a network level associated with the one or more network providers. The viewing data may be used to determine user profiles. The viewing data may also be used to determine programming and/or advertisements targeted to the ACR-enabled connected TV device.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730691

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US

H04N 21/442

725 14

An automatic content recognition (ACR)-enabled connected TV device may be operable to identify, utilizing an ACR system, content in a presented program. An event category related to the identified content may be identified by the ACR-enabled connected device utilizing the ACR system. The ACR-enabled connected device may determine, utilizing the ACR system, whether to present an overlay associated with the event category, based on a user profile associated with the ACR-enabled connected device. The overlay for viewer interaction may be presented, based on the determination, by the ACR-enabled connected device utilizing the ACR system. The user profile may comprise information on categories of events that may be preferred by the viewer. The user profile may be determined based on input from the viewer. The user profile may also be determined based on viewing history and/or behavior associated with the ACR-enabled connected device.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730759

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US
Karl-Christian Sebastian Wolff-Ingham - Decatur GA, US

H04N 21/442

725 14

An automatic content recognition (ACR)-enabled connected TV device may be associated with a paired device and the paired device may comprise a browser. The ACR-enabled connected TV device may be operable to enable, utilizing an ACR system, the browser to display, within a section of a browser window, interactive content related to certain content being presented by the ACR-enabled connected TV device. The ACR-enabled connected TV device may be operable to enable, utilizing the ACR system, a viewer to interact with the interactive content. The section of the browser window may be changed dynamically. The certain content may comprise an advertisement of a particular product and the interactive content may comprise a link to a website and/or other information related to the particular product. The certain content may comprise a program associated with a network and the interactive content may comprise information on polling questions related to the program.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Dec 28, 2012

13/730656

Nishith Kumar Sinha - Mableton GA, US
Donald Jude Loheide - Mableton GA, US
Matthew Paul Giles - Marietta GA, US

H04N 21/44

725 19

Systems, methods and/or techniques for automatic content recognition protocols are described. A method may be executed in a media device having an automatic content recognition application programming interface. The method may include generating one or more video fingerprints that correspond to video content that displays on the media device. The method may include communicating the one or more video fingerprints to an automatic content recognition backend system. The automatic content recognition backend system compares the one or more video fingerprints with one or more stored video fingerprints and determines whether a match occurs. If the match occurs, one or more event identifiers associated with the one or more video fingerprints may be received from the automatic content recognition backend system. The one or more event identifiers may be communicated to an application server, and one or more interactive events may be received from the application server.